diff -ur coda-6.9.4~rc2~/coda-src/scripts/venus-setup.in coda-6.9.4~rc2/coda-src/scripts/venus-setup.in
--- coda-6.9.4~rc2~/coda-src/scripts/venus-setup.in	2007-08-13 16:37:40.000000000 -0400
+++ coda-6.9.4~rc2/coda-src/scripts/venus-setup.in	2008-06-08 16:53:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -173,18 +173,21 @@
 	fi
     fi
     # static /dev
-    if [ -f /etc/modules.conf ] ; then
-	MODULES=/etc/modules.conf
-    else
-	MODULES=/etc/conf.modules
-    fi
-    if ! contains $MODULES coda ; then
-	echo "=> Adding aliases to $MODULES so that modprobe can"
-	echo "   handle autoloading of the Coda kernel module when"
-	echo "   /dev/cfs0 is accessed"
-	echo >> $MODULES
-	echo 'alias char-major-67 coda' >> $MODULES
-	echo 'alias /dev/coda coda' >> $MODULES
+    if /sbin/modinfo -V | grep modutils > /dev/null || [ -z $(/sbin/modinfo -F alias coda) ] ; then
+	# kernel module does not encode an alias for us
+	if [ -f /etc/modules.conf ] ; then
+ 	    MODULES=/etc/modules.conf
+	else
+	    MODULES=/etc/conf.modules
+	fi
+	if ! contains $MODULES coda ; then
+	    echo "=> Adding aliases to $MODULES so that modprobe can"
+	    echo "   handle autoloading of the Coda kernel module when"
+	    echo "   /dev/cfs0 is accessed"
+	    echo >> $MODULES
+	    echo 'alias char-major-67 coda' >> $MODULES
+	    echo 'alias /dev/coda coda' >> $MODULES
+	fi
     fi
 fi